Sunday, October 16, 2005

BUREAUCRAT BUSTERS: SWEDISH BUILDING WORKERS' UNION

Under the pressure from the Swedish labor unions, Latvian building company Laval un partneri abandoned the building site in Sweden.

The Swedish labor unions had staged a blockade of the company's building site on the outskirts of Stockholm for three months over wages paid to workers hired in Latvia. The building company insists that the wages are fair and are regulated by the Latvian labor agreement. And admittedly, the company provides a substantial compensation according to the Latvian standards.The labor unions, however, insist that the company must pay wages permissible in Sweden (AllAboutLatvia.com, 02/14/05.)